<div> I owned one in the Spring. I liked it at first bu the more I flew it the less I liked it. It flew too heavy. Mine was 32 oz. AUW with TP 2100's and a Hacker A30M. I had tons of power with that setup. </div> <div> Last year I had a Fliton Prodidy 3D. It flew a little better but suffered from having too short of a nose moment and it was hard to balance. I've been eying the new Fliton Insite Mini. It looks like it would do the trick. The Fliton stuff is made a lot lighter. </div> <div> I think that the planes can work very well as a practice tool. Especially if they allow you to fly more often. Mike<BR><BR><B><I>Amar Shan <shan@telus.net></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE>
<DIV><SPAN class=399512516-18102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I bought one of these to enable flying closer to home, and I expected that it would fly somewhat </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=399512516-18102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>akin to a 2m pattern plane. It does not!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=399512516-18102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=399512516-18102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>- the wing loading seems very high. The glide characteristics are more akin to a winged brick </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=399512516-18102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> than a pattern plane ... it really seems to need to land with power (or at least very nose down</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=399512516-18102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> until the flare)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN
class=399512516-18102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=399512516-18102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>- Flying it with a Speed 480 - this seems quite inadequate to the task. Uplines are only</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=399512516-18102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> 100-150 feet before it runs out of steam, and you simply cannot pull into a vertical slowly</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=399512516-18102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> and expect the motor to "tractor" you upwards. It also seems slow, but I'm new to these</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=399512516-18102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> little electrics, so perhaps that's normal?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=399512516-18102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=399512516-18102006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>- no braking on the downline at all. Pushing the nose downwards causes it to accelerate</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=399512516-18102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> at approximately 9.8 m/s/s (32 feet per sec squared for our American friends) ... :-)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=399512516-18102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=399512516-18102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Any suggestions? Has anyone found a way to lighten it? I'm using a 2150 mAH pack, micro</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=399512516-18102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>servos, miniature rx ... can't think of any obvious way to decrease weight. I don't have a spinner</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=399512516-18102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>on the plane, will that reduce performance? Would an AXI 2808 give better
performance?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=399512516-18102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=399512516-18102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>And lastly, if I'm expecting too much of this airplane, does anyone have any good recommendations</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=399512516-18102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>for a mini (ie, school yard flyer) size pattern plane?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=399512516-18102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=399512516-18102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=399512516-18102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=399512516-18102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Amar</FONT></SPAN></DIV>_______________________________________________<BR>NSRCA-discussion mailing
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